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ELIZARRI v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY

No. 17-1522.

901 F.3d 787 (2018)

Leoncio ELIZARRI, Ronald Richardson, and Grzegorz Zawadowicz, individually and on behalf of a class, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY, Illinois, and Cook County, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel A. Flaxman , Attorney, Kenneth N. Flaxman , Attorney, Law Office of Kenneth N. Flaxman P.C., Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John M. Power , Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Civil Actions Bureau, Anthony E. Zecchin , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, Ronald Weidhuner , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Ripple, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

The theme of this constitutional suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is that the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, did not do enough to prevent guards and other public employees from stealing or losing the belongings of inmates at the Cook County Jail. New arrivals must surrender their possessions. There is no doubt that...

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